With a Hurricane Watch issued for Florida's east coast, including the Treasure Coast and Palm Beaches, I urge all residents of Florida's 18th Congressional District to start planning and preparation in advance of the storm. It may be helpful to visit www.ready.gov/hurricanes for resources to keep you and your family safe before, during, and after a storm. You may also call my district office in Palm Beach County at (561) 253-8433 or my D.C. office at (202) 225-3026 with any questions you might h...
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HIGHLIGHTS: Rep. Patrick Murphy wants government to exclude low-wage years in calculating benefits That would allow women to adjust for years they’d left workforce to raise children Proposal would pay for benefit hikes by raising income cap for Social Security taxes WASHINGTON — While Democratic presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders advocate equal pay for women, a second-term member of the House of Representatives from South Florida is focused on helping them get higher Soci...
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In an attempt to help struggling borrowers stay current on their federal student loans, U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy this week introduced legislation that would automatically link payments and income. Federal student loans feature “income-based repayment” options, a safety net for borrowers who don’t make enough to cover their debt. But many borrowers who qualify for the break struggle to navigate the federal government’s bureaucracy, loan experts say. Murphy’s proposal calls for payroll deductions ...
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A bill being introduced this week by Democratic lawmakers would collect new data on public trust in law enforcement, allowing federal officials to more proactively suggest policy changes in neighborhoods, cities and states where trust is problematically low -- a data collection effort requested specifically by President Obama's policing task force earlier this year. The legislation, titled the Tracking Reputations Upgrades Societal Trust (TRUST) act, would add new questions specifically focused ...
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I urge residents of the Treasure Coast and Palm Beaches to start planning and preparation in advance of hurricane season, which begins on June 1. As you prepare for this year's hurricane season, it may be helpful to visit www.floridadisaster.org for assistance and information regarding hurricane preparation, or call any of my district offices in Palm Beach County at (561) 253-8433, Port St. Lucie at (772) 336-2877, Fort Pierce at (772) 489-0736, or Martin County at (772) 781-3266, with any quest...
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A group of 239 House members is sending a letter, provided exclusively to National Journal, to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on Thursday, urging the agency to reverse the cuts to the private Medicare plans, which serve 16 million seniors, that CMS proposed last month.
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Today on News Nation, U.S. Representative Patrick E. Murphy (FL-18) disputed House Speaker John Boehner's claim that the votes are not there to pass a clean spending bill to reopen the government. Murphy pointed to the letter he led on Saturday with 200 Members of Congress voicing their support for a clean bill and demanding a vote to immediately end the government shutdown. Just a handful of Republicans' votes are needed to reopen the United States government, and at least 20 have indicated a w...
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My job is to serve the residents of the Treasure Coast and Palm Beaches. While the government may be shut down, my offices are staying open to assist you in any way that we can. Since we first opened our doors, we have been able to help hundreds of local residents navigate these federal agencies to make sure your cases get the attention and care they deserve. While I am leading efforts urging the leadership of both parties to vote to get our government back up and running immediately, we will c...
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U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy wants Gov. Rick Scott to visit him in Washington to discuss options other than dousing the St. Lucie estuary with harmful Lake Okeechobee freshwater. Murphy, D-Jupiter, sent the Republican governor the invite on congressional letterhead Friday. Federal officials Monday increased the flow of polluted freshwater into the estuary from the lake and local rainwater runoff to 4.8 billion gallons per day, further putting marine wildlife and vegetation at risk. “Working on every...
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